Wheel.



A. HANSON.

WHEEL.

APPLIUA'HOR FILED MAY 13,

1907- BBHBWED AUG. 29,1908.

Patented Mar. 30, 1909.

anueuloz Rowan UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. ANDREW meson, or ALPENA, memoirs.

WHEEL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 80, 1909.

Application flied May 18, 1907, Serial No. 373384. Renewed August 29, 1908. Serial No. 450,794.

in the county of Alpcne and State of Michil gan, have invented new and useful Improvements in Wheels, of which the following is a specification.

My invention pertains to wheels of the spring type; and it contemplates the provision of a. wheel embodying a strong nnd durable construction whereby the dilfcrcnt parts of the wheel are relieved of strain during travel of the wheel over rough roads, and the transmission of shock and jar to the axle bearing the wheel is precluded.

The invention will be fully understood from the following description and claims when the some are read in connection with the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which:

Figure 1 is a view portly in side clevntion and partly in vertical section of so much of a wheel as is necessary to illustrate the preferred embodiment of my invention. Fig. 2 is an enlarged, detail section taken nt it right ungle to Fig. t and illustrating the manner in which the spokes of the wheel are connected with the folly thereof.

Similar letters drsignntccorresponding ports in all of the views of the dram u referring to which:

A is the hub of my novel wheel, \\l]i(ll is ll'lflLlB of suitable metal, end B B are the spokes which are also of suitable metal. 'l he soid spokes are provided at El slight distones from their outer ends with integral collars d, and are ndjustnbly connected ith the hub A so as to permit oi the spokes being moved relative to the hub in order to incrcusc or diminish the tension ol the spoki-wngnging springs presently described.

(J is the folly of the uhvrl which like the hub A and spokes B is of suitable metal and is provided ut intervals of its length with radially disposed openings h.

l) is a rim, prelerubly of steel, surrounding the folly.

E is a cushion tire, prcfcrnl'ily of solid rubber, arranged on and curried by he rim 1), and F F are metallic sockets positioned in the folly openings b and rccciiing the outer end portions and the collars r: of the spokes B and having their inner ends cxteriorly threaded, as shown, for the engagement of metallic cap nuts (1: which loosely receivr. those portions of the spokes at the innersides of the collars a. The sockets F are llunged, us indicated by (I, so as to bear against the inner side of the folly C, and are provided in their outer ends with semi-circnlnr grooves to receive ontifriction rollers e which are designed by hearing against the inner side ol the rim 1) to reduce to a minimum the friction incident to movement of the sockets in the direction of the circumfcrencc of the wheel.

l l. are coiled springs contained in the sockets F and surrounding the outer portions of the spokes B and interposed between the outer ends of the sockets and the rollers 11 on the spokes. ,'lhese springs I are preferably of steel, and their oliice is to permit of move ment within certain limitations of the folly and rim inward on the spokes and to eontrib ute to relieving the parts of the wheel of strain and to prevent the transmission of shock and jar to the axle bearing the wheel during the travel of the wheel over rough roads.

J J are coiled springs, also preferably of steel, of which two are employed in each opening b and in combination with each socket h. 'l hese springs J are interposed between opposite sides of the sockets h and the opposite end walls of the openings b, and are designed to cushion the sockets when the some tend to move in the direction of the whcels circumference and in that way assist in preventing the imposition of strain on the several parts of the wheel.

It will be gathered from the foregoing that my novel wheel notwithstanding its springincss, is simple and compact in construction and is well adapted to withstand the rough usage to which vehicle wheels are ordinarily subjected.

'lhe construction heroin shown and described constitutes the pi eferred embodiment of my invention, but it is obvious that in practice such changes in the form, construe- 10!) tion, and relative arrangement of parts may be made as fairly fell within the scope of my invention as claimed.

llnving described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters-Pat ent, is;

1. In a. wheel, the combination of a folly having a series of radially disposed openings, spokes, spoke sockets receiving the outer portions of the spokes and arran ed and movable laterally in the openings of t e folly, and closed at their outer ends and having ex- *ten'or flanges bearing and movable against the inner side of the felly. sprin s contained in the sockets and interposed etween the outer closed ends thereof and the spokes, and springs retained in the felq openings at opposite sides of the spoke soc (ets by the flanges on said soekets and interposed between opposite sides of the sockets and the walls of the openings in the felly.

2. In a wheel, the combination of a folly havi a series of rediellv-dis )osed o enin s a. rim surrounding the folly, spokes having enlargements adjacent to their outer ends, s 10ke sockets revolving the outer portions of the spokes and su'renged in the openings of opposed l a l l l l l the felly, springs contained in the sockets and interposed between the outer portions there of and the enlargements on the spokes springs arranged in the fell openings at upposite sid s of the spoke sockets, and nuttl'riction dev ces interpnsml between the spoke sockets and the rim.

in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence oi two subscribing Wilmesses.

ANDHIUV HANSON. Witnesses:

Josnrn 11. Conn, MARGARET MoDosALn 

